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WW2 weekly ration of sugar, tea, margarine, 'national butter', lard, eggs, bacon and cheese for an adult in the UK, WW2, 1942 (media.kbin.social)
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[โ€“] Sanyanov@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

One egg + yearly supply of tea

British rations check out

[โ€“] OneWomanCreamTeam@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

That's only a year's worth of tea by American standards. For a brit that'll last a couple hours, tops.